I have owned N68338 for 20 years. Our Cessna 310 has taken us as far as Germany and goes often to the Caribbean. Recently it had a major makeover with an Air Mod interior, Dial paint etc., etc. There have been lots of premature engine changes due to cracked cases and cylinder failures near enough […]
Waht’s the best lubricant to use?
I recently got a letter from Verl Thompson, who is restoring a 1960s Piper TriPacer. He points out that one of the weak points of this aircraft is the jack screw in the tail that controls the elevator trim. The jack screw is about 8 inches long and a half inch in diameter. There is […]
ATC contributes to fatal Arkansas accident
The pilot’s failure to fly the published instrument approach, which resulted in a collision with mountainous terrain. Factors were the air traffic controllers’ failure to provide known information that may have assisted the pilot in determining whether to continue with the approach or take alternate action.
Pacific Coast Avionics expands
Pacific Coast Avionics has acquired an adjacent hangar and effectively doubled its square footage to more than 15,000 square feet at the Aurora State Airport in Oregon. The major reason for the acquisition was to provide additional space for the Avionics Install Shop, according to company officials. The new hangar will enable the avionics shop […]
Avidyne and Heads Upadd options for in-flight entertainment
Avidyne Corp. and Heads Up Technologies, Inc., now offer a new option to add XM music, news, sports and entertainment audio programming to both new and existing Avidyne EX500 multi-function displays (MFDs) with XM WX Satellite Weather datalink. Featuring Heads Up Technologies’ XMC050 Bluetooth wireless remote control and display, the XM audio option lets pilots […]
Hillsboro Aviation to complete Bell JetRanger for Chicago police
Hillsboro Aviation, Inc., was recently awarded a contract by the City of Chicago Police Department to complete a new Bell 206-B3 JetRanger Helicopter. The JetRanger will complement an existing LongRanger IV that was acquired from the Chicago Fire Department earlier this year and is currently being retrofitted by Hillsboro Aviation. The JetRanger completion, scheduled to […]
Raisbeck Engineering expands dealer network
Raisbeck Engineering has appointed four new installation centers as authorized Raisbeck King Air dealers: Hillaero Modification Center in Lincoln, Neb.; Superior Aircraft Maintenance in Medford, Ore.; Professional Aircraft Maintenance in Bakersfield, Calif.; and MCA Aviation in England. For more information:
AVMATS and LoPresti team to tackle Hawker 700 lighting problem
AVMATS, which provides maintenance for corporate aircraft, has combined forces with LoPresti Aviation to deliver LoPresti Boom Beams to Hawker 700 Series “Legacy” aircraft. LoPresti Boom Beams are standard on every Cirrus Design, Adam Aircraft and Lancair aircraft and are a factory standard option on the Hawker 800 series. “The Boom Beam fixes a critical […]
Assure the safety of auto fuel used in your airplane
With more states welcoming and even mandating ethanol in motor fuels for automobiles, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) offers a new alcohol test kit. For more than 30 years, EAA’s auto fuel STCs for a variety of manufactured aircraft have saved aircraft owners money by allowing them to use unleaded auto fuel. The addition of […]